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Delhi Police have installed 4,000 CCTV cameras but not many of them work

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Delhi Police installed over 4k cameras across city but not many of them work.

50 per cent of the CCTV cameras were not working because of problems with ECIL.

Delhi CP Alok Verma to seek solution within 5 days.

Are Delhi markets really safe? Are the CCTV cameras installed by Delhi police really working, or have they been turned into mere show pieces? The Delhi Police have finally admitted that three out of these four cameras are not in working condition.The department has installed more than four

Are Delhi markets really safe? Are the CCTV cameras installed by Delhi police really working, or have they been turned into mere show pieces? The Delhi Police have finally admitted that three out of these four cameras are not in working condition.

The department has installed more than four thousand cameras across the city to protect the common man in case of any eventuality like terrorist attacks, but not many of them work.

These startling facts came to light at a recent high-level meeting of senior police officers chaired by Delhi Police commissioner Alok Kumar Verma. Exclusive information shows that the Delhi Police special commissioner (operations) has informed that 50 per cent of the CCTV cameras were not working because of problems with the Electronics Corporation of India Ltd, a Public Sector Undertaking of the Union government, through which these cameras had been acquired.

The remaining 25 per cent cameras had become nonfunctional due to maintenance works taken up by different agencies in the Capital. A highly placed source present in the meeting has said that Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma has directed his officers to find a solution very soon. He has instructed his officers to sort out pending issues with the ECIL on priority. He has designated Special CP Operations and Special CP General Administration to dig out the reasons and find a solution within five days.